FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

O-ARM 1000 IMAGING SYSTEM

MDR report key: 6109875 · Received November 17, 2016

Report

Report Number
1723170-2016-05444
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 17, 2016
Date of Event
March 9, 2016
Report Date
November 17, 2016
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. (LITTLETON)
Product Code
OXO
PMA / PMN Number
K050996
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A MEDTRONIC REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED THAT THE IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM (IAS) WOULD NOT POWER ON. MOBILE VIEW STATION (MVS) WAS POWERED ON BUT THE IAS WOULD NOT. AFTER THE THIRD SYSTEM REBOOT THE IAS SUCCESSFULLY TURNED ON. THIS WAS REPORTED OUTSIDE OF SURGERY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT PRESENT WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED. ONSITE INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THE MVS UMBILICAL CABLE CAUSED THE REPORTED EVENT. REPLACEMENT OF THE CABLE RESOLVED THE ISSUE. NO FURTHER ISSUES WERE REPORTED. ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNED CABLE CONFIRMED THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AS IT DID NOT PASS BENCH TESTING DUE TO OPEN PINS. A FULL IMAGING SYSTEM CHECK-OUT WAS COMPLETED AND ALL TESTS PASSED. FULL SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY WAS CONFIRMED AND THE SYSTEM WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS REVIEW WAS PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF RECENT CHANGES/IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. MEDICAL DEVICE REPORT (MDR) REVIEW PROCESS AND IS FOR NON-ADVERSE EVENT REPORTABLE MALFUNCTIONS WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS WHERE THE REPORTED MALFUNCTION WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY ASSOCIATED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. SIMILAR MALFUNCTIONS THAT HAD RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DELAYS OF SURGERY OR REQUIRED ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION HAD BEEN REPORTED AS MDR SERIOUS INJURIES. BASED ON THIS 483 OBSERVATION, THE REPORTING DETERMINATION HAS BEEN REVISED TO CONSIDER THESE MALFUNCTION EVENTS REPORTABLE. THIS PROCESS CHANGE RESULTED IN AN OVERALL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MDRS FILED BY MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC., SINCE APRIL 2016. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS INCREASE IS NOT THE RESULT OF THE DISCOVERY OF NEW PRODUCT PROBLEMS, BUT RATHER THE RESULT OF A BROADER INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF THE REGULATIONS WITHIN OUR PROCESSES.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A MEDTRONIC REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED THAT THE IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM (IAS) WOULD NOT POWER ON. MOBILE VIEW STATION (MVS) WAS POWERED ON BUT THE IAS WOULD NOT. AFTER THE THIRD SYSTEM REBOOT THE IAS SUCCESSFULLY TURNED ON. THIS WAS REPORTED OUTSIDE OF SURGERY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT PRESENT WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS IDENTIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
761119 O-ARM 1000 IMAGING SYSTEM IMAGE-INTENSIFIED FLUOROSCOPIC X-RAY SYSTEM, MOBILE OXO MEDTRONIC NAVIGATION, INC. (LITTLETON) BI-700-00027-120

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1